Categories: Desserts, cookies, holidays, parties

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Directions

1. In bowl, combine butter and sugar with spoon until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually stir in flour and salt until smooth. Form into a ball.

2. Dust a 15-inch piece of parchment paper with powdered sugar. Transfer dough onto parchment paper; shape into 8-inch log using scraper. Refrigerate 30 mins.

3. Preheat oven to 350f. Cut cookies in 2-inch slices using crinkle cutter. Place on baking sheet. Bake 20-22 minutes. Cool 3 minutes on sheet, remove to cooling rack. Repeat with remaining dough. Cool completely. Sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar.

4. Yield about 2 dozen cookies

5. Variations: For orange shortbread, fold in 2 tsps fresh orange zest with flour. for almond shortbread, fold in 1/3 chopped almonds with flour.

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